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Show at! Monthly Sewer Charge Explained ... - - In answer to a number of in- queries concerning the $1 per j month charge being made to those with sewer connections, the following fol-lowing statement was submitted this week: "Because of the emergency existing ex-isting in Utah for sewer facilities, , especially sewage disposal plants, the state legislature passed a law j not only allowing but encourag-i encourag-i ' cities to tax to the amount of i, M.50 per month for sewage service." ser-vice." "The city council first put on 4 9 a service charge of 50c per month per sewer connection, but the board of health sensing the ur-gancy ur-gancy of sewer extension and sew-ago sew-ago disposal asked the council to put on a charge of $1.00 per month. This wa-s. in their judgment the beet way to build up a fund after full consideration of the problem, against which Utah Co. cities are faced. Utah Co. cities are already threatened with a suit should an epidemic break out in S. L. Co., resulting from use of polluted water from Utah Lake." |